Editing

Editing
Once the footage was copied onto the mac and Adobe premier pro was opened and imported the stream of clips I dragged them into the video bar and started to cut and re-arrange clips, using the razor tool to cut and the selection tool to move them, the zoom in and out made for more precise. 

To make clips shorter I used the rate stretch tool to shorten the length of the clip, this can be used to lengthen clips also.

To insert a title.


To capture the green screen, I opened up a trailer on Youtube paused and print screened the image using shift apple control and 4, this then saved onto the desktop where I imported it and dragged onto video bar and re-adjusted the size and rendered it.


In our trailer we used many fade to blacks this was achieved by going onto video transitions, dissolve, dip to black. 


youtube - youtube converter -- import drag to audio
To get the audio we used youtube as it has a variety of options of music to then retrieve the mp3 we converted the file and downloaded it to then import.


To achieve the 'SCORPION EYE' I used the same step as creating the title.

Step 1: Background 
To help us conjure up a plot days before this project started we went out and took photos of possible locations for our film to be set. This image is an ideal image to be used as our film poster as it leads into darkness with trees creating an arch as if they are creating a tunnel into the darkness.  

We decided that the colour

scheme of our poster should be predominantly blue and white to create an eerie moonlit feel. 

To make the photograph more suitable we adjusted the hue and saturation of the photo and tinted it blue. At this stage the photo seemed too light so we made a black background and adjusted the opacity to about 26% then added a dark vignette border which is common in a lot of horror film posters and can give the effect of something emerging from the darkness. This will also help the main image of the protagonist stand out.

Step 2: Protagonist and intruder photos

In the last day of filming we took photos of the two characters appearing in this trailer. The female protagonist who is played by Helen Palmer and the intruder portrayed by Joe Phipps. We took a lot of different photos and out of about 20 we decided this one was best for Helen's character. Her face is serious and looks directly into the camera, her hair is messy but is kept out of her face so it stands out more. The eye make-up is smudged and uneven to give the impression she has been crying or panicking. Firstly, we used the magic wand tool to remove as much of the background as possible which was easy because of the contrast of dark hair on a yellow wall. We then cut around more precisely with the lasso tool with a high feather so her hair blends into the dark background and looks as realistic as possible.

These three images show the stages of development from the original cut out of Helen to the one which we used on the poster. In the second image I used the clarify tool and set the maximum number of 20.0 which emphasises the shadows which were already there making her face look slightly more sunken. I then duplicated the layer, added a blue hue then altered the opacity to very low so the skin seems pale and cold. In the final image I have used the warp brush to make her head narrower and a darkening brush under the eyes and on the cheek bones to give a gaunt almost skeletal look. The corners of her mouth have been altered to remove any hint of smile that might have been in the photo and her lips have been made pale and thin.